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The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search! We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

Congratulations to all the incredible trainee presenters at #GLPSC2025! Your flash talks and posters showcased the creativity and rigor driving the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region. We’re excited to highlight our competition winners! 🏆🧵

This past weekend, members of WALII presented their posters at the first annual Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. WALII member Erin Cushing's poster on "Decoding Desiccation Tolerance in Arabidopsis Seeds" tied for second place at the poster competition! #GLPSC2025

In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we want to extend our sincere gratitude to the postdoctoral researchers at MSU's Plant Resilience Institute. We’re proud to work alongside you and excited to support your continued growth and success. PRI is more resilient because of all of you! 🌱

🌿 C-SPIRIT members represented at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference this past weekend in Lansing, Michigan! 5 members of our research team gave fantastic poster presentations: Shogo Kuwayama, Kwang-chul Shin, Karine Prado, Danielle Hoffmann, & Bri Hashim 🌱 #PlantScience #GLPSC2025

I won the FIRST place in the flash talk competition at #GLPSC2025 🍀 I must admit, it was unexpected because this was my first flash talk and let me tell you; explaining what you do in 3 minutes is not easy! Thanks to organizers of #GLPSC2025 for the opportunity to share my work on 🌱 and space 🛰️

Thank you to everyone who attended the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference and helped make it a success! This inaugural meeting brought together 416 registrants from 55 institutions. Together, we’ve built momentum for the future of #plantscience in the Great Lakes region and beyond! #GLPSC2025

WALII member Cathy Mercado from the VanBuren Lab at Michigan State University, presented her poster, "Photoprotective Strategies Underlying Desiccation Tolerance in Linderniaceae" at the very first Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! #GLPSC2025

We're here at the first GLPSC in Lansing! Come stop by our booth for a chance to win our prize pack! #GLPSC2025 #BioChambers #PlantScience #MSU

The 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference is in full swing! 416 registrants from the Great Lakes region and beyond are connecting, presenting, and pushing the boundaries of plant science together. 🌿 #GLPSC2025

Welcome to Lansing, #GLPSC2025 attendees! PRI and @chooselansing.bsky.social are thrilled to host you for three days of networking, collaboration, and cutting-edge #plantscience at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Let’s expand horizons in plant science together! 🌍 #ChooseLansing

Join us for the very first inaugural WALII Virtual Symposium on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025! Abstract submissions for a contributed talk are NOW OPEN! Selected speakers will be chosen in Oct. and will present 10-12 minute talks followed by 3-5 minutes of Q&A. For More: www.walii.science/virtual-symp...

✨Redefining epigenetic variation in evolution. Our @NaturePlants paper shows gene body DNA methylation as a major force shaping expression, traits, and adaptation in plants. Synergy with Shahzad @ShahzadZaigham & Zilberman Labs—congrats🎉. rdcu.be/eFRJy @MSU_PRI

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search! We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

The @rheelab.bsky.social at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is now #hiring a postdoctoral researcher to investigate how #nematodes respond to chemical and environmental cues as part of @c-spirit.org and @waliianhydro.bsky.social. 🪱 Apply now at: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs

📢 The August 2025 issue of C-SPIRIT News is live! Inside: 🧪 Aim 4 blog post w/ Nicola Patron 🌍 Spotlight on University of Tsukuba 📚 New community papers 📅 Upcoming events and more! Read 👉 createsend.com/t/y-10BF2EE5... Sub 👉 forms.gle/MtFfdJoPaeWw... Learn more 👉 c-spirit.org #plantscience

FINAL CALL! ⏰ Registration for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference closes this weekend – Sunday, August 31st at 11:59 p.m. ET. Join plant scientists from across the region Sept. 12–14 in Lansing, MI for #GLPSC2025. Don’t miss out! 🌱 Register now: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

New preprint up: "Single-cell-level response to drought in Sorghum bicolor reveals novel targets for improving water use efficiency." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here we show that drought response supersedes differences in cell identity and identify key transcriptional regulators.

The discovery of how plants move life’s building blocks has unlocked new potential for developing nutrient-rich crops and ensuring food security. 🌱 Read how an international research team, including PRI's Peter Lundquist, solved a decades-old mystery in #plantscience: natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

🎉 Congrats to C-SPIRIT Member Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) & her colleagues on their new paper in New Phytologist! 🧬They explore metabolic biocondensates that boost efficiency & stress response, aligned with our mission for resilient, sustainable crops 📖: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #plantscience

🚨 Less than 1 week left to register for #GLPSC2025! Join us September 12–14 in Lansing, MI for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, and help expand the horizons of #plantscience across the Great Lakes region and beyond! ⏳ Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

⏰The 2026 Plantae Fellows program application closes this Sunday, August 31! We need your help to nurture and grow Plantae, the online home for the global plant science community that is powered by @aspbofficial.bsky.social.🌱 👉Learn more and apply now! plantae.org/2026fellowsapp. #PlantScience

The Howe lab at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is now #hiring a postdoctoral researcher to lead a project focused on discovering a new class of regulatory metabolites and their nuclear signaling mechanisms that govern plant resilience. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs

Join us for this 90-minute workshop on FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images! This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET. Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

🚨 Less than 1 week left to register for #GLPSC2025! Join us September 12–14 in Lansing, MI for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, and help expand the horizons of #plantscience across the Great Lakes region and beyond! ⏳ Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Cutting-edge talks ahead in the Integrative Omics, Systems, and Synthetic Biology Session at #GLPSC2025! 🧬 Discussions will highlight breakthroughs in multi-omics data analysis, predictive modeling, and the engineering of novel plant traits. Register to attend by Aug 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Excited to be speaking at the inaugural Great Lakes Plant Science Conference!! Also thanks to MSU PRI for a generous travel award that made this happen ✨

From molecular mechanisms to ecosystem dynamics, delve into biotic interactions in plant science at #GLPSC2025! 🍃 This session aims to uncover new strategies for enhancing plant health, improving crop productivity, and promoting biodiversity. Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Members of PCA Publish A Guide to Elevate Plant Fluorescence Microscopy. Read More Here: www.danforthcenter.org/news/global-...

‼️ Updated Schedule! Dr. Rhee's 1st talk (How to come up with & pitch research projects) will now be on Tues. 8/26 at 2:15 PM WT. Her 2nd talk (Understanding plant resilience against climate change through the lens of a thermophilic plant) will be on 8/26 at 4:15 PM WT. Learn more: cvent.me/RvLkxR

Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions! plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...

Explore adaptation, resilience, and sustainable solutions at #GLPSC2025! 🌱 This session will examine the latest advances in plant adaptation and resilience strategies, focusing on molecular, physiological, and ecological responses to climate stress. Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

We are excited to announce Federica Brandizzi as the next director of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory! Brandizzi's lab has contributed many important pieces to the canon of plant research in organelle biology, biofuel research and space biology. natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

This was a long time (too long) in the works, but I'm thrilled that it is finally out: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "How evolution repeatedly builds complexity: a case study with C4 photosynthesis in Blepharis (Acanthaceae)" And this was chosen for a cover photo:

It began with the seedling of an idea, sprouting over the years into a field of research that has touched many lives. The legacy of Arabidopsis remains a prime example of how science often takes the time and care of generations. natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

New paper out of the lab today: “Gene Expression Divergence Between Locally Adapted Inland Annual and Coastal Perennial Ecotypes of Mimulus guttatus Across Developmental Stages” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Plant Resilience Institute is proud to support the Plant Genomics @ MSU REU program, a collaborative partnership across the MSU Plant Science Community that has trained nearly 300 next-generation STEM leaders! #PlantScience #PlantGenomics #MSUREU

The 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference is just ONE MONTH away! 🌱 Don't miss this exciting opportunity to connect with leading voices in #plantscience and contribute to shaping its future across the Great Lakes region and beyond! #GLPSC2025 Register by August 31 at: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Congratulations to @puffballove.bsky.social, @emjo.bsky.social, and team on this new, user-friendly tool for examining the shape of any leaf across multiple biological, ecological, evolutionary, and developmental scales! 🌿 #PlantScience #PlantBiology

Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

Boots on the ground, science in action! 👩‍🌾 PRI Germplasm Curator Paige joined researchers in the @rheelab.bsky.social this week to begin fieldwork on pennycress – a humble "weed" with big potential for pollinators, soil health, & even biofuels! #Pennycress #PlantResilience #PlantScience #AgResearch

C-SPIRIT members Shogo Kuwayama and Kwangchul Shin (Nagoya U) visited MSU last week after #PlantBio2025 🌱 They’re part of both Aims 1 & 3 and will return this fall to join the Rhee Lab. The MSU C-SPIRIT team was thrilled to host them for tours, talks, and delicious food! 🍴 #PlantScience

Join us at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, featuring talks from rising plant scientists across disciplines, 200+ poster presentations, & professional development opportunities! #GLPSC2025 #PlantScience 📅 Sept 12–14, 2025 in Lansing, MI ⏳ Register by Aug 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

New pathways in toxic chemicals, a retirement, and an incredible new photo of the month! Check it all out and more here in the news: mailchi.mp/msu/prl-news...

Congratulations to PRI grad student Daniel Mok (@dmokplants.bsky.social) for being awarded Best LI-COR Oral Presentation in the @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social section at #Botany2025 for his talk, "CAM photosynthesis in the carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae)!" #PlantScience #BSAecophys

Congrats to the section award winners. Thanks @li-corenv.bsky.social for sponsoring. Best LI-COR Oral Presentation: Daniel Mok, Michigan State University "CAM photosynthesis in the carnivorous plant genus Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae)" . . . #bsaecophys #botany2025

📰 The July 2025 issue of C-SPIRIT News is live! This month: 🧬 A blog post on Aim 3: Gene & Pathway Discovery 🌍 Global community highlights 📅 Upcoming events 📲 Social media recaps Read it here → qrco.de/bgC6PC Subscribe → forms.gle/MtFfdJoPaeWw... More about us → c-spirit.org #plantscience

This week, PMN members Charles Hawkins and Farida Yasmin presented posters at the ASPB Conference! #PlantBio2025 Charles presented: "Plant Metabolic Network: A Unified Resource for Plant Metabolism" and Farida presented: "Elucidating Natural Plant Defense Mechanism for Improving Crop Production"

🌱 New C-SPIRIT blogpost! How do plants regulate the production of bioactive compounds during stress? Olivia Wilkins (@oli-wilkins.bsky.social) leads Aim 3 to uncover the genetic control behind it all. 🔗 Read: c-spirit.org/2025/07/30/d... 📎 Learn more: c-spirit.org #plantscience